Endgame In Ireland

Ireland is notoriously a turn-off subject for viewers on the mainland, but this illuminating series (by the makers of such monuments of the art as The Death Of Yugoslavia) really should be seen by anyone seeking to make sense of the tortuous phenomenon known as the 'Northern Ireland peace process'.

All the key players and decision makers give first-hand accounts of their involvement: in programme one, Bomb And Ballot Box, they range from Margaret Thatcher and Garret Fitzgerald to loyalist paramilitaries Johnny Adair and Michael Stone, via the endlessly slippery Gerry Adams and Martin McGuin-ness.

Bomb And Ballot Box takes the story as far as the end of Mrs Thatcher's premiership.